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This simple Android guide shows how to fully delete browsing history in the Chrome browser on Android to protect privacy and browsing habits.

Every time you open a website or web page in the Chrome browser, it is automatically logged and saved to the history page. This is called Browsing History. In case you are wondering, saving your web activity within the browser is not specific to Chrome. Almost every browser does this. There are a few important reasons why a browser saves your web activity. Some of those reasons include but not limited to help you find previously visited webpages, autofill address bar when typing the web URL, etc.

Though the Chrome browsing history is useful in many ways, it is recommended that you clear it from time to time. This is especially important if you want to share the Chrome browser with others or just to erase your past web activity en mass. No matter the reason, the Android Chrome browser makes it easy to delete browsing history with just a few taps.

In this quick and straightforward article, let me guide you step by step to delete Chrome browsing history on Android.

Steps to Delete Chrome Browsing History

To delete the Chrome browsing history, follow the steps as shown below.

1. Open the Chrome browser.
2. Tap on the “three vertical dots”.
3. Select the “Settings” option.
4. Select “Privacy” from the page.
5. Tap on the “Clear browsing data” option.
6. Go to the “Advanced” tab.
7. Select the “Browsing history” checkbox.
8. Uncheck other checkboxes.
9. Tap on the “Clear data” button.

Detailed Steps

1. Open the app drawer and tap on the Chrome browser to open it.

2. After opening the browser, tap on the “three vertical dots” on the top-right corner. This is the menu icon.

3. From the Chrome menu, tap on the “Settings” option. This is where you will find all the options to manage the Android Chrome browser.

4. The browsing history is considered a privacy option. So, on the Settings page, select the “Privacy” option.

5. Here, select the “Clear browsing data” option. This is where you will find all the browsing activity related options.

6. Go to the “Advanced” tab. This tab gives you additional controls for clearing the browsing data.

7. Select “All time” from the Time Range dropdown menu. If you don’t want to delete all the browsing history, you can select the time range of your choice from the same dropdown menu.

8. Next, select the “Browsing history” checkbox.

9. Since we only want to delete the Chrome browsing history on Android, uncheck all the other checkboxes.

10. Finally, tap on the “Clear data” button.

As soon as you click the Clear Data button, the Chrome browser in Android will delete the browsing history. Once that is done, you can close the browser.

Important Note: When you delete browsing history in Chrome on Android, it is only deleting the browser history in that specific device. The browsing history on other devices like your computer or phone will stay intact. If you want to completely delete your browsing activity from all the devices at the same time, you have to do it from the Google Accounts page.

That is all for now. I hope that helps. If you need any help, comment below and I will try to help as much as possible. If you like this article, check out how to clear Chrome cookies on Android.

This simple Android guide takes you through the steps to completely clear all Chrome Cookies on Android phones and tablets.

On Android, Google Chrome is the browser. In fact, it comes bundled in all Android devices. Though there are other browsers for Android, there is no denying that Chrome is the most dominant of them all with nearly 90% Android market share. Like any other web browser, whenever you visit any website in the Chrome browser, the website will automatically set cookies. These cookies are important and used in many different ways by the websites.

Though cookies are useful in many ways, they might also cause problems from time to time. For example, corrupted cookies can make the Chrome browser slow and websites to not load as they should. Not only that but if you want to reset your preferences, you have to delete cookies in the Android Chrome browser.

In this quick article, let me show you the steps to completely clear Chrome cookies on Android.

Jump to:

• Clear Chrome cookies
• What are browser cookies?

Steps to Clear Chrome Cookies on Android

To clear all Chrome cookies on Android follow these steps:

1. Open the Chrome browser.
2. Tap on the “three vertical dots“.
3. Select “Settings.”
4. Select the “Privacy” option.
5. Tap on the “Clear browsing data” option.
6. Select “All time” from the Time Range dropdown.
7. Select the “Cookies and site data” checkbox.
8. Tap on the “Clear” button.
9. If you see a confirmation message, tap on “Clear” again.
10. Close the Chrome browser.

Detailed Steps

1. First, open the Google Chrome browser from the app drawer.

2. After opening the browser, tap on the “three vertical dots” icon on the top-right corner. This opens up the Chrome menu with a bunch of options.

3. From the menu, select the “Settings” option. This is where you can change and configure all sorts of Chrome options.

4. On the settings page, select the “Privacy” option.

5. Now, tap on the “Clear browsing data” option.

6. Select “All time” option from the “Time Range” dropdown menu at the top. You can choose any timeframe as you want.

7. Since we want to delete all Chrome cookies, tap on the “Cookies and site data” option. Uncheck all other checkboxes. The same option also tells you how many sites are storing cookies and other site data in Chrome. In my case, a total of 1,964 sites are storing cookies and site data.

8. Tap on the “Clear” button at the bottom.

9. When Google thinks some cookies and site data are important, it might show a pop-up asking if you really want to delete those specific cookies. If you don’t want to delete site data or cookies of a certain site, uncheck it from the list. To delete full data, leave the defaults be and tap on the “Clear” option.

10. As soon as you tap on the clear option, Chrome will clear cookies. Depending on the number of sites, the operation might take a few seconds.

11. Once done, you can close the Chrome browser.

Important Note: When you clear cookies and site data, you might be logged out of websites and your preferences in certain sites might reset. Of course, this does not apply to Google sites and products.

What are browser cookies?

In case you don’t know, cookies are nothing but small encrypted text files that contain helpful data stored by sites to provide efficient navigation and other features. For example, when you do things like log into a site, comment, leave a like, select a specific option, configure user specific option, etc., the target website will set a cookie to remember that. When you visit the same website in the future, it will see that cookie and improve your experience by matching your preferences.

In addition to that, the cookies are also used to track user behavior by many advertising companies. That is one of the reasons why you see ads related to your previous searches.

I hope that helps. If you need any help, comment below and I will try to help as much as possible.